When Song Lan was awakened from his sleep, the tide of battle had changed that even he hadn't expected.

After the defeat of the landing and the near-overwhelming of the mutants, despair did not completely crush the expeditionary force of the 17th District, and at dawn the survivors scattered across the buildings made contact.

With the restoration of communications, the expeditionary forces discovered a surprising fact.

Most of the wounded among them were helped by the swarm.

The giant insects, which call themselves "Sister Doctor", may be terrifying in appearance, but they secrete "slime" that can even regenerate limbs, and more importantly, the swarm troops that have defeated the city's native mutants seem to be friendly enough to them.

So, after a night of deliberation and heated arguments, the remnants of the expeditionary force made an important decision.

Ally yourself with the biter.

The survivors learned about the tragic state of the cities through intermittent battlefield communications, and realized that the swarm forces had not taken over every city, and that they were the lucky ones among the many front-line troops who had been helped by these friendly mutants for unknown reasons.

And at this moment, someone learned about the territory of the coalition government.

Declaring the failure of the Great Expedition and unilaterally announcing the annihilation of the front-line troops, the Speaker concealed the fact that there had been a major error in the intelligence and instead blamed the Cauldron on the Eclipse Cult and the Barossa Group, which had nothing to do with it.

All online responses to try to set the record straight have been blocked from the "cyber barriers" by the coalition government's cyber surveillance, which has used the usual means to block all news from the "outside world" and unilaterally deprive the public of their right to know about the war on the front line.

It also meant that there would never be a rescue boat to rescue them again.

Leaving them to fend for themselves in this strange land was the last statement of the coalition government.

This is the empire to which they are allegiated.

A day ago, they were eager to use their blood to win the war for the Empire.

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The feeling of betrayal spread rapidly among the remnants of the army, and the soldiers who participated in the expedition ushered in the darkest days of their lives.

And just as anger and despair were about to sweep over them, a soldier named Cuenca stepped forward.

He proposes to work with the Swarm in search of a change in the tide of battle.

Cuenca is keenly aware that the doors of the coalition government will no longer be open for them, so they must now rely on their own strength to survive on the battlefield.

At dawn, Cuenca personally led a squad of survivors to meet the lord of the swarm force.

After two hours of negotiations, an alliance was reached between the humans and the swarm.

The expeditionary forces could never have dreamed that after being abandoned and betrayed by the coalition government, they would find hope and strength in a swarm of insects.

At Cuenca's call, the survivor forces of District 17 were quickly assembled, and they quickly began their work.

First of all, the communication stations destroyed during the landing war need to be repaired as soon as possible, and they need to relay the news of the existence of this special alliance to every city, giving hope to the remnants of the forces who are still trapped in the buildings and struggling.

The Coalition government's rescue boats have abandoned them, but the Worm Network and the rescue force they have formed will rescue them from the encirclement of the mutants.

Since an hour ago, Lu Xiang stood by the window, looking down at everything that was happening in the city.

This wasn't her first time on the battlefield, but it was the first time she'd seen the power of front-line soldiers, who in the past had been improvised by the recruiting department and considered expendable to war.

And now, these "consumables" are being deployed at the front in an orderly manner under the leadership of Cuenca.

In addition to the troops trying to restore battlefield communications, a large number of patrols were scattered throughout the city in search of supplies and vehicles scattered throughout the city, and soldiers with knowledge of maintenance worked to repair the few tanks and armored vehicles damaged in the landing battle.

A rescue force hand-picked by Cuenca attempts to communicate more deeply with their Swarm allies without speaking the language, trying to understand their special technology and ethnic makeup.

The remnants of the Sector 17 Expeditionary Force were highly aligned with the Swarm's strategy.

They are working to rescue their comrades scattered in various cities and regroup the troops of this expeditionary force.

"A force of up to several thousand."

Hearing Song Lan get up, Lu Xiang turned around and sighed.

This is an ally they never thought of, and it is also equipped with exoskeleton armor and guns of the regular army of the coalition government.

The financial resources of the 17th District were simply not enough to arm such a large expeditionary force, but the coalition government solved these problems for them.

And not long ago, the Speaker of the Council launched a war speech in various cities of the coalition government, which also made Lu Xiang have to re-examine the empire.

It is foreseeable that as long as factional strife within the coalition government continues, the same thing will continue to play out.

Perhaps, it was time for her to change some of the deep-seated beliefs she had developed while studying at Daystar Academy.

"Not bad."

Song Lan's evaluation pulled Lu Xiang back to reality from her thoughts, she glanced at Song Lan, who had already sorted out her clothes, and asked suspiciously, "What's good?" ”

"Your momentum."

Song Lan had been staring into Lu Xiang's eyes just now, "You are becoming more and more like a real swarm leader." ”

When he injected spiritual energy into the hornworms of the Seventeenth District out of curiosity, he also half-jokingly said to Lu Xiang, "The swarm has decided that you will be the next leader".

But now the situation is different.

With the addition of the Devourer and Medell and others, they are no longer leading a hornworm army that plays the role of "auxiliary police", but an army of bugs that can really influence the direction of local wars, and with the alliance and joining of the expeditionary force, the size of the swarm will become larger and larger in the future.

This is both a risk and an opportunity for the 17th District to no longer be used as a gun by the coalition government.

And Lu Xiang is the one who leads the future of the race.

Her decisions could have affected the prosperity or demise of this nascent race.

"It's time for us to go."

Lu Xiang calmed down and spoke.

The swarm and the remnants of the Sector XVII Expeditionary Force have established themselves in the city, and rescue operations will be more efficient with the addition of new allies.

"Let's end this war."